Washington Post Summary

First, the style and syntax of the first two paragraphs shifts in the third. The first paragraph has a few short sentences, but shows overall sentence length, and the second paragraph has quite short sentences. The third paragraph however, is characterized by one long compound-complex sentence, much like how one would write out their thoughts. This shift from varying sentence length

The short story consists of both short sentences and long sentences. The sentences are short when something dramatic happens and the short sentences make it more dramatic and interesting to read

This story gives a reflection on the role of the media because it demonstrates how news matter when a catastrophe occurs. Media is there to inform the public and increase their popularity but they are emotionally detached on what Azucena is going through. Allende makes media react in a particular way on how they should act with the people and be in guard on what to film, to please the public. The media only follows the company’s demands which is to bring more money for the company and that they shouldn’t take daily events emotionally. Though there’s Rolf Carle, who is different toward Azucena and distracts her from her hurt and loss of hope.

I watch or read the news pretty regularly, but I only watch news which has the traits that I value most. The news to me isn’t about being entertained, it is about learning, in an unbiased, clear, and concise way. Other television shows can entertain, but the news should be reserved for information relevant to people’s everyday lives, allowing them to make informed decisions. I feel this way because I don’t like when a news source is pushing a hidden agenda. I look for a fair telling of both sides of the story. I also feel that because I stay relatively busy, I think it is insulting that the news would choose to waste my time with extraneous background information, off topic statements, or articles over 1,000 words. Most importantly though, It needs to be clear, if I can’t understand it, it’s the worst kind of news, no news. I have chosen three articles regarding the Flint Michigan water crisis to evaluate based on my criteria. One from CNN titled, “Water Crisis in Flint, Michigan, Draws Federal Investigation,” written by Greg Botelho, Sarah Jorgenson, & Joseph Netto, which focuses on the investigation but also background into the crisis. The next article I have chosen an article from the New York Times (NYT). This article titled, “As Water Problems Grew, Officials Belittled Complaints From Flint.” From the contributions of writers, Julia Bosman, Monica Davey, & Mitch Smith. I chose this article from other ones, because this article primarily focuses on politics like who

The timeliness of the news article is demonstrated as it was made before the featured article (reported the South Carolina house voting which came first before the Governor signing the bill). The headline, lead, and the article itself have no emotions/tone when read (headlines, the overall article, and the lead are to be neutral when read by the reader). The lead answers strictly the 5 Ws and how it doesn't feature a list, a then-now, and other methods of writing leads for features articles. The structure of the news article utilizes an inverted pyramid. The more important information is featured at the beginning of the article (the amount of essential information decreases). For example: the writers discuss the ruling of the South Carolina House of Representatives within the first paragraph of the article (“The final vote in the State House of Representatives, 94 to 20, was well above the two-thirds majority required to move the bill to the desk... in Charleston.”) and decreases as one goes through the article. The last paragraph does not tie back tie back into the lead (another feature for news article). “It means the world to us,” Mr. Rutherford said, “that we can move a symbol of division off of our front yard.” has no affiliation to the lead as the lead did not state the impact/feedback of what took place.

The Washington Post article "Newly elected US Congress who swore the oath of office on the Koran" (Argetsinger, 2007) reported on the criticism by Virginia Republican Virgil H. Goode Congressman about elections Recent election of Keith Ellison of Minnesota representative. According to Representative Goode, the election of Keith, Democrat and the first Muslim to sit in Congress is a serious threat to the traditional values of America warned Goode's, contain in a letter to the components of his Virginia constituents on December 5, 2006, asked Americans to wake up or face the possibility of more Muslims elected officials will require to use Koran. He also called for the application of stricter immigration policies as a step forward in the conservation of both the confidence of this country and the values and resources. Ellison, a former criminal lawyer and a convert to Islam, had planned to use the Muslim scriptures in January in his private oath. Goode elicit criticism of bigotry and intolerance from some Democrats in Congress and the American people as Muslims, they pointed out that the

The third section changes speakers once again. The reader is now getting a first person narrative of a Central American refugee woman. In the first paragraph she speaks of her son, Geraldo, who has been taken away from her and put in the detainers. Her voice is much less harsh than the previous speaker. Hers is softer and pleading. Her tone is one of desperation, desperation for losing

In this article the title states that Democrats “take the lead”. This tactic was also used in an earlier article, in which the news account wants the voters to get enticed and not feel as if they might not have a chance of winning for their party. I realized throughout keeping track of the news on twitter is that just like any other news source they have their biases. In the earlier article it stated that republicans had the “edge” over the democrats in Florida. My analysis is that, the news account was bias toward republicans and wants them to keep up the voting to potentially win the debate. Although these sources may seem as if they are known or credited, they still alter news to entice a certain audience. In this case it is the Democrats.

“A Muslim Leader in Brooklyn, Reconciling 2 Worlds,” by author Andrea Elliott is a different and interesting story. This particular story was my least favorite of the stories read so far in Advance Writing. In fact, the story was very informative which took some narrative elements from it. I liked how the story was divide into subheadings. The subheadings consist of different time periods of Sheik Reda Shata life.

Indian Uprising of 1622: After Powhatan Chief Opechancanough was planning to befriend the English, so that he could play a clever ruse, in which they would get revenge by attacking the English after befriending them, but the Indians would later be defeated with many casualties by the

The article published by “USA Today” talks about a african american woman named Sandra Bland who was pulled over for a traffic violation, put in jail, and two days later “supposedly” committed suicide while in jail. Sandra was on her way to a church gathering, when she was pulled over by a white police officer. She was pulled over and the police officer kept asking her to put her cigarette out. When she refused to put the cigarette out the police officer kept asking her to step out of the car. She was asking the question, “ what does this have to do to anything, if you're going to give me a ticket just give it to me and we can both get going.” The police officer then said he would drag her out the car if she didn't throw her cigarette out and

1st paragraph: introduction to the novel, author, date published and 2/3 sentences that summarise plot/storyline – needs to also lead reader into your articles focus

First, it should be mentioned that the author divided the text into subtitles that guide a reader through reading. The fact that the author analyzes

The third section changes speakers once again. The reader is now getting a first person narrative of a Central American refugee woman. In the first paragraph she speaks of her son, Geraldo, who has been taken away from her and put in the detainers. Her voice is much less harsh than the previous speaker. Hers is softer and pleading. Her tone is one

In the article from Teen Vogue, Sean Spicer's Emmy 2017 Cameo Is What Norminalization Looks Like, the author’s main argument throughout her writing is that Sean Spicer’s appearance at the Emmys was a cheap idea to publicize himself to justify the lies he told as a joke and be easily forgiven and forget what he did. We as people try to “normalize” the situation, as the author kept repeating in her article with passion, that Sean Spicer created and controversy while being the White House Press Secretary. Even though Spicer suffered backlash from the lies he told while working for President Trump, he can be seen during the award show how people have forgiven him, embracing him on the Emmy stage. We tend to go against political figures who work